Yes! I relate a lot to Christopher Mccandless, altought I could never do what he did. And even putting my personal feelings aside, from a technical point of view it's greatly directed, acted, edited and scored.

From a purely technical point of view (acting, script, cinematography, etc.) I could never say words like "the best" about any movie.
Still though; I was about 15 when I first watched this movie and it's one of the only movies that had this much of a (positive) impact on my life. The way I live right now, the studies I chose, the way I look at the world, This movie had a very big part in all of these things. That's why I will probably say it now and continue to say it for the rest of my life: for me, Into the Wild is the single greatest movie ever!

No, not a favorite of all time but in my top100 for sure.

I watched the movies long ago, don't plan to watch it again because I remember its details and I remember well some excellent comments of some posters on this board.
I often think that later later when I did I might die alone like the main character in this movie

it's a good movie but not even in my top 100 favorite movies

Top 3

I should add to the above that the list of locations in this movie's credits is impressive. Accomplishing this must have been an extreme challenge involving a myriad of details most of us can't appreciate. This was a major factor in the success of this movie.

It is not my favorite movie of all time. We are all touched or feel a connection to a movie or book in different ways. How we perceive a movie may change over the course of our lives depending on the changes within ourselves.
I thought I had read the book, but I normally keep books of the genre so I guess I have not. I like John Krakauer's writing so I'm surprised I don't recall reading this book. I mention this as I'm not sure how closely the movie follows the book. I am watching the movie on TV and saw it when it was first released. My reaction now is to question how much of the movie is based on conjecture, after all Chris could not serve as a consultant for it.
In spite of these misgivings I thought the movie was well produced, had superior acting and was obviously well directed. Sean Penn is talented in spite of how he can annoy many people and at times anger many of those.
The best book and movie of this "outdoor survival" and "spiritual discovery via nature" genre, in my opinion, is "Between a Rock and a Hardplace." I met the author of the book, Eric Ralston and had a brief conversation with him. He is highly intelligent and a talented inspirational speaker. For me my favorite movie of all time in this genre is this one. I recommend that people read the book and see the movie.

No
"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time" -Leo Tolstoy

Is your first name Justin by chance?

I like this movie a lot, but i don't like the way it diminished the character of the real Chris in order to..I'm not sure what the purpose was. To make him more romantic or something? The film makes him out to be a lot more stupid and naive, and inexperienced, than he really was.
I realize they have to make changes to the historical facts when making films, but the changes should be for narrative coherence, or simplifying the sequence of events or compressing them for reasons of time, etc. When they introduce changes that actually are false and derogatory to their "hero" (as also happened in
The imitation Game),
which changes don't expedite the plot in any way, I don't like that.
Otherwise, the film is beautifully shot and well-acted. The score is excellent too.

so is into the wild you favorite movie of all time too?
I like the movie very much, but I don't have a single all-time-favorite film. The ones I like most I like for different reasons, and they don't really compare well with each other.
I wouldn't give this film "10 out of 10" however, even though it's one of my favorite films. I think it has some significant flaws along with its overall excellence.

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nice

One of my very very favorites !!

LOTR trilogy is my favorite trilogy, and yeah, i think you can say it's one movie, like Kill Bill Duology, one script but two movies because the script was too long.

I've counted Into the Wild as my 2nd favorite movie of all time for years, my 1st favorite being the Lord of the Rings trilogy (Which I count as one film, because It basically is).
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I don't know if it was the best, but it was very, very good. I may have a bias here however, because I have a dream of doing something similar to him in a few years. I want to hike the Appalachian Trail, then teach English in Thailand until I'm 60 (I'm almost 50 now), and then come back and travel the U.S. for a year living out of my car and living off my 401k and savings.